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A tattoo is seen on the back of LCPL. James Edward Orr, 20, from Eufaula, Alabama and of the First Battallion Eighth Marines at a combat outpost in Kunjak in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

Members of the Samaritan sect take part in their traditional pilgrimage ceremony marking the holiday of the Tabernacles, or Sukkot, on Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus.The Samaritans, who trace their roots to the biblical Kingdom of Israel in what is now the northern occupied West Bank, observe religious practices similar to those of Judaism. Baz Ratner/Reuters

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks through a window, during a visit to the new Coca Cola factory, which she officially opened, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Peter Morrison/AP

A Lolita dressed in a maid's uniform rides an escalator in Tokyo. Lolita fashion, which has many sub-styles, is a popular form of fashion in Tokyo among the youth. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

A Palestinian-owned house is seen shrouded in the morning mist on Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus. Baz Ratner/Reuters

A buffalo is decorated for a parade during Chonburi's annual buffalo races festival, 47 miles southeast of Bangkok. The event, which also celebrates the rice harvest, originates back to the buffalo trade in Chonburi, once the trade centre of Thailand's east. Damir Sagolj/Reuters

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen delivers a speech during a parliamentary group meeting of Germany's environmental Greens party Die Gruenen in Berlin. Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

A mother and child look at autumn leaves at The National Arboretum in Westonbirt, western England. Eddie Keogh /Reuters

Palestinian women take part in a mass wedding ceremony in the West Bank city of Nablus, on October 21. Fifty Palestinian couples participated in the wedding ceremony, which was sponsored by the Palestinian Authority and local companies. Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters

Construction workers maneuver a steel beam into place at the Jackson County Services Complex under construction in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The 65,000-square-foot complex will replace the 12 departmental offices destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Construction costs will be paid with $12 million in federal grants and $1.3 million in county funds. The complex is expected to be completed in the fall of 2011. John Fitzhugh/Sun Herald/AP

A couple relaxes in an infinity pool overlooking the haze-covered skyline in Singapore October 22, 2010. Singapore, blanketed under a smoky haze for days, beseeched neighboring Indonesia on Friday to douse fires lit for illegal clearing of forests that are causing the worst air pollution in the region since 2006. Malaysia has also blamed poor air quality in some of its southern towns on fires on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Vivek Prakash/Reuters

Police officers take cover as demonstrators aim fireworks at them, in Terzigno, near Naples, during clashes earlier Friday morning. People demonstrating against plans to build a garbage dump near Naples hurled stones and firecrackers at police and set vehicles ablaze, as the confrontation continued during most of the night. The clashes highlighted the latest garbage crisis in the area around Naples, in southern Italy. Premier Silvio Berlusconi discussed the situation during an emergency cabinet meeting in Rome. Salvatore Laporta/AP

Police stand guard as they secure the petrol depot of the Grandpuits oil refinery, southeast of Paris. Police cleared access to the main refinery supplying fuel to Paris early on Friday, as unions hardened their stance ahead of a final vote on French government's pension reform expected later in the day. Benoit Tessier/Reuters

A South Korean special police officer on armed vehicle aims a machine gun near a venue for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting at a hotel in Gyeongju, South Korea. Ahn Young-joon/AP

New York state Republican candidate for US Senate Joseph DioGuardi (l.) speaks with his traveling press secretary, Brian Hummell, as he campaigns at his local headquarters in Utica, N.Y. Steve Jacobs/AP

Bulgarian scientists take part in a protest march entitled 'Something Goes Wrong' in Sofia, Bulgaria. The protest is to call for support and financing for Bulgarian science, education and culture. Valentina Petrova/AP

"Orange Frame Blue Ellipse" by US artist Robert Mangold is displayed at The Grand Palais in Paris during the Paris FIAC, International Contemporary Art Fair, which runs from Oct. 21 to 24. Francois Mori/AP

Britain's general elections used to be straightforward: a predominantly two-horse race between Labour or Conservative governments, left vs. right, red against blue. But as electioneering gets under way for May 7 polls, it's clear the vote has implications for British politics that extend well beyond whoever comes out on top.